Door-hanger



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LE GRAND TERRY, OF I-IORSEHEADS, NEW YORK.

DOOR-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,346, dated January 115:, 1889.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, LE GRAND TERRY, a citizen of I-iorseheads, in the county of Chemung and State of New York, have invented certain 11 ew and useful Improvements in Track-Hangers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in anti-friction door-hangers.

The object is to provide a hanger of extraordinary strength, at the same time involving no increase in the number of parts, but, on the contrary, an actual reduction in the quantity of material and number of parts, with a finish suitable to the position it is to occupy and the service it is designed to perform.

"With this end in view my invention consists in certain peculiar features of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of my improved door-hanger. Fig. 3 is an end elevationon line a: m, and Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the hanger with the top ends of the bracket-arms removed.

A A represent a pair of similar-shaped. rider-plates. These are preferablywidened anti-friction bearing-slots a a are located in this widened portion, so as to extend parallel with the edges of the plates. Between the plates, with trunnions 1) hi, havi 11g support in the elongated bearing-slots a a, the wheel 13 is; carried; This wheel has the ordinary grooved periphery to receive the rail on which the hanger travels, and one of the flanges bounding this groove is preferably slightly wider than the other. 7 These features are but slightly varied from the constructions in general use; but the peculiarities in my present invention consist in the manner of securing the rider-plates together at their ends. Blocks C, of substantially cubical form and of a width a little more than that of the hub of the wheel, are inserted between the ends of the plates, and on their outer ends these blocks are provided each with a flange, c, rounded on the outer surface to give a neat Serial No. 287,368. (No model.)

and presentable appearance and extending late ally with thei r outer edges flush with the outer face of the rider-plates, so that in eitect a smooth rounded end is furnished for the hanger, which has the general appearance of being one integral piece. The upper and lower faces of the spacing-blocks may be slightly -concaved, in order to economize ma- 6o terial. I

An L-shaped bracket-arm, D, is bent over each end of the rider-plates, their ends being rounded ofl? flush with one of the plates to present a smooth surface, and the longer end of each arm is provided with a'suitable number of screw or bolt holes designed to receive screws or bolts, whereby the bracketrarm 1s fastened to a door. A single rivet, (I, at each end extends through the rider-plates, the

spacing-blocks, and bracket-arm, after which it is upset, so that the parts are securely held together. 4

The superior strength of the device is owing to the fact that the greater portion of the weight of the doors is dependent upon the L- shaped bracket-arms, which bear alike upon both the rider-plates, thus taking considerable of the weight, which would otherwise be entirely upon the rivets.

I claim as new, and desire to. secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a door-hanger, the combination, with rider-plates and spacing-blocks, of bracket- 85 2. The combination, with rider-plates and Having fully described my invention, what spacing-blocks having a flange on the outer 0 end extending flush with the outer faces of the plates, of L-sbaped bracket-arms resting on the upper edges of the rider-plates and secured in place-by a rivet or bolt extending through the plates, blocks, and bracket-arms, 5

substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LE GRAND TERRY.

Witnesses: G. 0. Terms, SAYER HOLBERT. 

